different between piscine vs jacuzzi

English

Etymology 1

Latin piscis (“a fish”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?sa?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pa?sin/, /?p?sa?n/

Adjective

piscine (comparative more piscine, superlative most piscine)

1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic.
   • 2009, David Quammen, Where the Salmon Rule, National Geographic (August 2009), page 40,

     "At age four he caught his first fish and was evermore fascinated by things piscine;..."

Synonyms

• fishlike
• fishly
• fishy
• ichthyic

Translations

Etymology 2

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi??si?n/, /p??si?n/

Noun

piscine (plural piscines)

1. (archaic) A public bath or swimming pool in France.

Anagrams

• spin ice

French

Etymology

From Latin pisc?na (“fishpond; swimming pool”), from piscis (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *pis?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.sin/

Noun

piscine f (plural piscines)

1. swimming pool
2. piscina

Derived terms

Further reading

• “piscine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

piscine f

1. plural of piscina

English

Etymology

A generic use of the proprietary name Jacuzzi.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d???ku?zi/

Noun

jacuzzi (plural jacuzzis)

1. A hot tub or whirlpool bath with underwater jets that massage the body.

Usage notes

• Due to its origins as a proprietary name, jacuzzi is frequently capitalized as Jacuzzi.

Translations

Verb

jacuzzi (third-person singular simple present jacuzzis, present participle jacuzziing, simple past and past participle jacuzzied)

1. (transitive) To equip with a jacuzzi.

2. (intransitive) To use a jacuzzi.

3. (transitive) To treat with a jacuzzi.

Further reading

• jacuzzi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English. Genericized trademark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.ky.zi/

Noun

jacuzzi m (plural jacuzzis)

1. jacuzzi

Polish

Etymology

From English jacuzzi. Genericized trademark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??a?ku.zi/

Noun

jacuzzi n (indeclinable)

1. jacuzzi
2. Relaxing bathing in a jacuzzi.

Further reading

• jacuzzi in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• jacuzzi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

jacuzzi m (plural jacuzzis)

1. jacuzzi

Further reading

• “jacuzzi” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).